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General Shankar Roychowdhury is a former Chief of Army Staff and a former member of Parliament.

Shankar Roychowdhury | Looking back at 1971: How India cut Pak down to...

From India's point of view, it was to pay Pakistan back for torturing its own population and consequently creating an...

16 Dec 2021 1:38 AM IST

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

It's time to revise India's strategy, pay back Pakistan in its own...

India must understand that a change is coming more rapidly than some people may think.

16 March 2019 12:30 AM IST

This pre-emptive action was described as an intelligence-led operation in which a large number of Jaish militants were killed. (Photo: ANI)

Pulwama: Let forces respond, keep politics out

The Balakot facility was headed by a brother-in-law of JeM chief Masood Azhar.

27 Feb 2019 1:39 AM IST

Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar near his residence in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

State police-Centre confrontation can have dangerous fallout; defuse...

The Saradha-Narada cases are well known now, though interesting details continue to be regurgitated in the media as...

12 Feb 2019 12:13 AM IST

In the war within our Parliament, the government and the Opp. have viciously clashed on just about every issue, and have often stopped just short of coming to blows. The raucous political cacophony has overshadowed one of the real crises that is facing the country the parlous state of the IAF. (Representational image)

Soul-searching is needed: India's ship of state' near breaking point

Elections 2019 promise to be a vitriolic event. The muddied flags of political parties can be cleaned by a simple rinse...

16 Jan 2019 1:07 AM IST

In a historic groundswell of youth activism, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied across the US against gun violence Saturday, vowing to transform fear and grief into a vote-them-out movement. (Photo: AP)

Guns and violence in America & India: A study in contrasts

The respective constitutional positions of the two countries are totally opposite.

12 Jun 2018 3:40 AM IST

Palestinian protesters carry an injured man who was shot by Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strips border with Israel, Monday, May 14, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Is the Cold War starting all over again?

To a watching world it was a graphic demonstration of iron-fisted crowd control by the Israeli security forces, circa...

30 May 2018 1:23 AM IST

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (Photo: AFP)

If Syria implodes, India will be hit

India has the requisite resources and troops for these operations, in which our armed forces are enviably adept.

1 May 2018 5:54 AM IST

In November last year, the ISIS had claimed the responsibility for the shootout in which police sub-inspector Imran Tak was also killed in Srinagars Gulab Bagh area. (Photo: Representational | AP)

Threats to India grow, but do our netas care?

The entire episode should cause grave disquiet to all citizens at a time when the need for national security is...

3 April 2018 12:48 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron at the International Solar Alliance founding conference in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

How long must IAF wait for its new fighter?

The PM himself pushed the deal through, seemingly oblivious of its tortured historical background.

20 March 2018 5:56 AM IST

Sources said that though junior level officials from both sides were having flag meetings.

Time for strategy shift: Hit Pak where it hurts

Is it time to think of a front footâ€ trans-border response to Pakistan?

16 Feb 2018 1:10 AM IST

A huge crowd of protesters had converged on the spot after which the cow vigilantes started thrashing those slaughtering the buffalo. (Photo: ANI)

The perils of hyper-nationalism

The armed forces are the very last bastion of the country's composite identity and its national integrity.

25 July 2017 1:37 AM IST